Reborn Hong Kong Wild Age

Chapter 52 Unstoppable

December 1985, 12, Saturday, 14 days before Christmas Eve.

"Police Story" starring Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia, and Zhang Manyu was officially released. As of 9:5 p.m., there were 140 screenings in each theater under Golden Harvest Cinemas, and the single-day box office exceeded [-] million. People say that this year is "the year of Golden Harvest" '.

According to the single-day box office results, it is almost not difficult to guess that "Police Story" will definitely break through the 2000 million box office.

Last year, Cheng Long was very depressed. He received the script of "The Dragon Detective" shortly after the filming of "Food Truck". This is the second time that Golden Harvest sent him to the United States to film. Golden Harvest will have a huge impact.

What made Cheng Long depressed was that he was just an actor on the set and could not set the script and actions by himself, so he was extremely dissatisfied with the director.

In the setting of the script, Cheng Long is described as a cold-faced hero, similar to Stallone in "Nighthawk", so the character appears extremely cold.

What makes Cheng Long even more dissatisfied is that the movie involves some bloody scenes and inexplicable missing scenes. This is also one of the reasons why Cheng Long emphasized in the future that his films will always pursue non-violence and family reunion.

This year, the box office of "The Dragon Detective" in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places is far behind Golden Harvest's "Fuxing Gaozhao", which made him unhappy, but this movie brought him the inspiration for "Police Story".

Now that it has been released, it has sold well at the box office, making the eldest brother forget all the unhappiness, and he is in a good mood.

In fact, He Guanchang worked hard for his son, and all kinds of news continued before the film was released.

For example, Lin Qingxia was forced to roll, climb, and break glass. For example, Zhang Manyu couldn't get into the scene. After three or four NG shots, Jackie Chan became angry and started yelling at Zhang Manyu. It took more than 30 shots before he was satisfied.

Also during the filming, Cheng Long was injured many times, even with spinal damage and pelvic dislocation, almost paralyzed, emergency rescue and so on.

During the filming of "Police Story", there were constant news, which also made the audience look forward to this sincere work. After watching it, they called it good-looking.

This is also Golden Harvest seeing the current situation, reshaping the positive image of the police, and strengthening the audience's confidence in the legal system.

After the New Wave, there was a series of laughing policemen who were new to the industry, mainly humorous and funny, and the policemen in this period were mostly rational images of public servants.

This film also made Cheng Long a milestone in the transition from a kung fu kid comedy in the early Republic of China to a modern police hero. In the film, Cheng Long and his Cheng Jiaban broke through the limits of the human body time and time again. The difficult movements performed are breathtaking.

'Chen Jiaju' had no rivals in the Christmas period, followed by "Happy Paradise", which was released in New Arts City, after all, is not the "Happy Ghost" series, and its box office results were mediocre.

And Debao Cinemas' "Christmas Adventure and Marriage" also has Zhang Manyu, but it doesn't have Cheng Long. The single-day box office even slumped to 50 Hong Kong dollars, which made Cen Jianxun feel ashamed.

"Mother, Cheng Long is too good at fighting!"

"Tianxia Yi's "Wealthy Man" has completed post-production, let's arrange for it to be released, and "Christmas Adventure and Marriage" will reduce the number of shows. If this continues, the theater will lose money and the theater will quit."

In Debao Company, Cen Jianxun was also slapped on the table by the feedback of his film's box office market.

On Tianxiayi Film Company's side, Gu Xiayang who received the call raised his mouth slightly, saying that he would immediately arrange the promotion of "Overwhelming Riches" and prepare for a trial screening at midnight before the official release.

"Boss, if Curly is doing this, I think I will be kicked by Young Master Pan sooner or later."

Knowing the box office of "Christmas Adventure and Marriage" and the box office of the previous films produced by Debao, I really feel that Debao is going to hit the market.

Of the three 2000 million works of Debao Cinemas this year, two were produced by Hong Jinbao, and now he has withdrawn and left.

The remaining one is "If there is love in the sky", it belongs to Tianxia Yi Film Company.

Cen Jianxun's several films he directed had mediocre box office reputation, and this Christmas golden period was even more messed up. He didn't believe that Pan Disheng had no opinion.

"It's not enough now. Debao has just started the theater chain, and the film sources are scarce. We are about to fight. We cooperated in advance and took the first opportunity."

Gu Xiayang smiled and said, "Otherwise, how could we get a good schedule so easily. When Sanmao was still around, we wouldn't be able to get a summer schedule!"

Take "Richness Overwhelming" as an example. Later, the director Gao Zhisen, who was still in New Art City, mentioned it twice, but the boss did not agree to shoot it.

The theory is that what the audience wants to see is beautiful, the actor is the most beautiful, the scene is the most beautiful, the costume is the most gorgeous, it is a "beautiful dress film", this "wealth and wealth" is a "rotten dress film", it is about Small things, don't mention them, no one will read them.

Later Gao Zhisen took Debao, Cen Jianxun didn't ask at all, just asked what you want to shoot, he said that the petty citizen won the Mark Six lottery and made a fortune, and talked about the difference between them before and after.

Lao Cen said that if you like to shoot, you can shoot, and then asked him what actor he wants?He said that the actors are not important, because they are all small people, the audience must find them cute, don't think they are aunts and wives, don't be disgusted.

So Gao Zhisen chose both TV actors, one is Shen Dianxia, ​​the other is Dong Biao, Dong Biao is not considered an actor, but the one who talks about Ma Jing, their image is like a petty citizen, very cute.

This is why Debao has Cen Jianxun around, so he will do this. Such a net investment is for the source of the film regardless of the cost. "Rich and Rich" is indeed a dark horse, but more of them are blockbuster works.

The reason why Gu Xiayang handed "Wealth Overwhelming" to Chen Musheng is because he lived in a low-rent house when he was 11 or 12 years old. He stayed in it for more than ten years and was very familiar with those people. Every family has to change in two weeks, and everyone is comparing, which is very funny.

At this time, poor people are very concerned about their face, but if you really have money, tens of millions, hide it and don’t tell others, for fear that others will borrow money from you, or even kidnap you. It’s no problem to hand over "Rich Man" to him.

Now Debao hasn't poached people aggressively, Gao Zhisen, Yu Rentai, Feng Shixiong and others are still depressed in Xinyi City, so naturally they can't come up with more film sources, Gu Xiayang is sure of this.

In fact, Curly is still very powerful. After working as a reporter in the UK, he returned to Hong Kong. From editor-in-chief of newspapers and periodicals to producer of TV programs, production of concerts, and making movies with Xu Ke, he can do whatever is fun.

Until Hong Jinbao came to cooperate with him, Hong Jinbao and the others were in red pants in Xiangjiang, and people like Cen Jianxun came back from abroad. They wanted to make some changes, so they always hoped to cooperate with their New Wave school.

In the end, Curly and Hong Jinbao made a movie together, and produced the hit "Five Lucky Stars" series.

At the beginning, Debao didn’t have a theater chain, and they all arranged films in Golden Harvest. Later, they found that Golden Harvest definitely gave priority to their own films. Cen Jianxun felt that he should have his own theater chain, so he talked with Shaw Brothers. At that time, Zou Wenhuai was also fighting.

Boss Shao didn't want to do it, he didn't make many movies, so he stopped. Of course, he also hoped that the theater chain would fall into the hands of some energetic young people.

At this time, let’s say a price, let’s rent ten leading movie theaters, and Cen Jianxun will tell him, Boss Shao, help young people, let’s reduce by 30 a month.

Sixth Uncle Shao thought for a while, and asked an assistant next to him: How much will we donate to that university in Zhejiang Province?[-] million a year.Oh, turned around and asked Cen Jianxun, what did you just say, Cen Jianxun could only say nothing with a bitter face.

However, Shaw's theater chain was eventually taken down by Cen Jianxun.

For Debao Film Company to be one of the Big Three, Cen Jianxun must have contributed a lot.

For such a great hero, Gu Xiayang knew that even if Pan Disheng had objections, he wouldn't be able to take him under the knife immediately, after all, Hong Jinbao had just left.

It's just that people who have contributed the most to play literary and artistic films with all their heart, and only use commercial films for business affairs are definitely not liked by the boss.

Now Debao has a theater chain to manage, and there is a shortage of films. In order to meet the movie theater's schedule, Cen Jianxun has to invest in making films, so it is easy for Debao Film Company to start shooting.

They are very relaxed in making movies, and they feel that the script is okay and the cost is okay, so they can shoot.

So many directors have no pressure, just hand in the film after shooting.But Debao's arrangement of the film was messed up.

Because after the film was finished, there was no time to show it according to the schedule. At that time, the frequency of film screenings was midnight and seven o'clock.

See if the box office is good, and then decide how much money to spend for publicity.

Even some movies, in order to enrich the schedule, were thrown up without any publicity, such as "Brothers" by Xian Qiran.

The same is true for Gu Xiayang's Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Cen Jianxun only knows how to shoot a couple of killers. He doesn't know the specific content, but it is a half-and-a-half investment with the world.

"Old Cen is a good friend, I hope he will stay in the position of Debao's butler for a few more years!"

Gu Xiayang really hoped that Cen Jianxun would be the butler of Debao for a few more years, and that his cooperation with Debao would become closer in the future.

"Brother Liang, let's arrange publicity! TVB also buys advertisements. Our show doesn't have a big cast, so we need to do more publicity. "Police Story" is too good. Fortunately, it's not the same genre, otherwise it might hit the street. !"

Ju Jueliang nodded and said, "We have made plans in advance, and we can act at any time."

Soon, the promotional campaign of "Rich and Rich" began to spread in Hong Kong. Shen Dianxia, ​​as the leading actor, naturally mentioned her film many times on TVB's program.

The same Dong Biao, even in the process of talking about horses on ATV, also integrated the filming of his own movie, and the proper horse reviews became publicity reviews.

The four leading theaters of Shaw Brothers that Debao rented had already put up posters. Although Zhou Huimin was not the heroine at all, she was now very popular and had a large share.

"Little Jew, your play will be released soon, are you confident!?"

"I'm not the lead actor, but Sister Fei and Uncle Biao were so funny during filming, the audience should like to watch it!"

The weather in Hong Kong has turned cold, and Zhou Huimin, who just came out of the TVB building, blushed and was still carrying a shopping bag.

"Here, here's a Christmas present for you."

"It's rare for a little Jew on Christmas Eve to be generous."

Gu Xiayang looked at the GUCCI bag, wondering if Zhou Huimin felt distressed when he bought it.

"Humph!"

"I also prepared a gift for you, but when I saw your gift, I didn't want to take it out."

Zhou Huimin asked curiously, "Why?"

"I'll give it to you when I get there!"

Gu Xiayang drove the newly bought Porsche 944, and took Zhou Huimin, who had finished recording the show, to Taiping Mountain.

Pan Disheng's words made Gu Xiayang vigilant. Now he is not an ordinary person, and has a brand under his banner. If he is really labeled as stingy, it will be bad for the brand image.

This Porsche 944 cost him more than 6 US dollars, and he was able to buy a new unit in a new building opened by Sun Hung Kai.

In addition, he also spent more than 2 yuan to buy a new Motorola mobile phone, which weighed two pounds, and could knock Zhou Huimin unconscious on the car if it was dropped.

(End of this chapter)